BSD.L Regulatory News (BSD)

25 Jan 2005 07:00

Orca Interactive Ltd25 January 2005 For Immediate Release Chunghwa Telecom Purchases Licenses from Orca Interactive to Expand Its Commercial IPTV Service to 40,000 Subscribers Orca's RiGHTvTM Middleware Scales To Accommodate Additional 10,000 Subscribers In One Of The World's Largest IPTV Deployments RA'ANANA, Israel - January 25, 2005 - Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA), a globalleader in the IPTV market, today announced that Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), thelargest operator of domestic and international telecom services withapproximately three million ADSL subscribers in Taiwan, has purchased anadditional 10,000 licenses of Orca's RiGHTvTM IPTV middleware to accommodategrowth in one of the world's largest multimedia on demand (MOD) deployments. Orca Interactive has partnered with leading IPTV companies to provide anend-to-end IPTV solution for CHT since its initial rollout. This is the secondexpansion requested from Orca within less than six months, reflecting RiGHTv'sproven success in attracting new subscribers and generating revenues for CHT.This brings the total number of Orca middleware licenses at CHT to 40,000. With subscriber growth expected to reach 1.5 million users within five years,the Telco-grade RiGHTv solution from Orca assures high-availability andcost-effective scalability, enabling CHT to address this fast growing, emergingmarket. "Orca is honored to empower CHT with one of the largest IPTV solutions globally," said Alon Laor, VP, Worldwide Sales & Professional Services of OrcaInteractive. "Today, no other commercial IPTV middleware is serving a subscriberbase of this magnitude. Following Orca's latest record-breaking benchmark testof 500,000 users with HP - positioning RiGHTv as the leading Telco-grademiddleware platform in the IPTV industry - we are confident we will continue tosupport CHT with their striking success." Orca's open-architecture IPTV middleware is integrated with Pace 4000 and IP420set-top boxes, Alcatel Open Video server, Widevine security solution, and CHT'sbilling and CRM systems. A variety of services including broadcast TV, video ondemand, and games on demand is offered, providing CHT with an end-to-endsolution combined of best of breed components. About Orca Interactive Orca Interactive (LSE:ORCA) is a leading provider of IPTV middleware solutionsto enable xDSL and FTTx operators to offer enhanced entertainment services suchas broadcast TV, video-on-demand and interactive services. Our applicationsdeliver compelling and differentiated services to maximize the revenue stream ofthe operators. Orca's user-friendly, end-to-end applications enable delivery andmanagement of VOD, TV channels, EPG, NVOD, Pay-Per-View and e-commerce forrelated merchandise. Orca Interactive has formed strategic partnerships withAmino, BitBand, GooMe, ECI, HP, Kreatel, Microsoft, nCUBE, NDS, Nokia, NortelNetworks, Optibase, Pace, Samsung, SeaChange and more. www.orcainteractive.com. # # # Contact:Orca Interactive +972-9-7699444Haggai Barel Financial DynamicsJames Melville-Ross / Cass Helstrip +44 20 7831 3113 Press contact:INK Communications & Design for Orca InteractiveTiffany Archambault +1-617-488-0988 ext. 7 tiffany@theINKstudio.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange